The Winter Olympic Games that begin next month in Sochi, Russia, are very expensive ... Russia was particularly keen to establish a world-class ski resort in the country, Kassens-Noor explains ...

Sochi’s biggest biathlon story featured the continued ... A precursor to biathlon, “Ski Militaire” debuted at the 1924 Chamonix Olympic Winter Games as an event exclusively for military personnel. It ...

Though Sochi is host to these Olympic games, however, the actual competitions will be staged elsewhere. The skating events will take place in Adler, 17 miles south along the coastline. Ski races ...

Kim Yu-na, left, the figure skating superstar, accomplished her goal of retiring in style at the age of 23, winning the ...

SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 21: (FRANCE OUT) Ophelie David of France competes during the Freestyle Skiing Women's Ski Cross at the ... for broadcasters of the Olympic Games. The first-time use ...

For the athletes headed to Sochi, Russia, for the Olympics ... the ferocity of ice hockey and the adrenaline-laden ski jump, the Winter Olympics' figure skating seems, well, mild.

Women's ski jumpers first competed at the Olympics at the 2014 Sochi Games in the normal hill event. Then in 2022, a mixed-gender team event was added with two men and two women per nation.